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Malagasy, Tandroy-Mahafaly

A language of Madagascar

ISO 639-3tdx

Population  1,000,000 (2006 SIL).
Region  South, Toliara Province, Beloha, Tsihombe, Ambovombe, Bekily districts.
Language map  Comoros, Madagascar and Mayotte, reference number 13
Alternate names   Tandroy
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 62% with the Merina dialect of Plateau Malagasy [plt].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Barito, East, Malagasy
A member of macrolanguage Malagasy [mlg] (Madagascar).